Southern Jersey fire is 'under control'

Nearly a week after it began, a massive forest fire that destroyed thousands of acres in southern New Jersey was finally declared under control late Sunday, according to a report by the Associated Press.

The blaze had broken out Tuesday in the Warren Grove Gunnery Range area along the Burlington-Ocean county border. It eventually covered about 22 square miles of land and forced the temporary evacuation of about 6,000 people -- many of them seniors -- from 2,500 homes at its height.